Chapter 5 He just stood there.

Xia Jinxian waited until everyone was gathered, then called Lu Mingwei.

After a while, Lu Mingwei came in a battery car. When he arrived, everyone took their seats. Xia Jinxian sat at the end and ate with him.

During the dinner, Wu Tingtao said, "I invite you to come on Sunday because there are fireworks tonight. It's almost 9 o'clock. After watching the fireworks, you can prepare to leave. There are night markets and lantern festivals here three nights on weekends, so you can go shopping."

Xia Jinxian stood by the wooden carved window of the stone boat and watched the fireworks together.

Wu Tingtao came over, and Xia Jinxian was a little worried whether his hand would reach out, but it didn't happen.

Wu Tingtao leaned into her ear and said with a drunken breath, "Xiao Xia, come with me for a walk later, okay?"

Xia Jinxian blinked and responded with a smile, "Okay."

Wu Tingtao stared at her for a long time, Xia Jinxian seemed not to notice it, watching the fireworks blooming in the night sky.

Everyone who was traveling with them had their own thoughts when they saw how close the two of them were.

After the fireworks were set off, Xia Jinxian followed the others and left the stone boat, walking from the second stone boat to the first stone boat.

Wu Tingtao deliberately fell behind and stood side by side with Xia Jinxian.

And Mr. Wang had already drunk too much, and now he hugged the female secretary arranged by Wu Tingtao.

Anyway, that one was considered one of Wu Tingtao's seven or eight secretaries, just a handyman.

Although Xia Jinxian thought the appearance was ugly, Lu Mingwei didn't say anything, and Wu Tingtao didn't object. The girl also felt that being favored by a rich man was quite vain, so she didn't resist.

Passing by the first stone boat, there were two words on the boat: Changhe.

Wu Tingtao said to Xia Jinxian, "Xiao Xia, wait for me for a moment. I'll go in and say hello."

Xia Jinxian nodded and stood there, with the goose-yellow street lamps winding all the way, making the scenery here become increasingly hazy and dreamy.

She looked down at her white shoes, and when she looked up again, she saw the front of the man with curly hair.

When they met again, eight years passed between them, and their faces became increasingly blurry in this dimly lit night.

Facing each other, Xu Yanqing saw that she was becoming more and more charming, and in Xia Jinxian's eyes, this man became even more handsome.

Neither man spoke.

It turns out that if you really love someone, you can't be friends after a breakup.

Because as long as I see that person, I will feel so upset that I can't even express myself in words.

You can only treat the other person as a stranger.

The time was silent. Wu Tingtao came out accompanied by the deputy director. When he saw Xu Yanqing standing there, he said, "Director, Mr. Wu is here to say hello."

Xu Yanqing walked past her, then shook hands with Wu Tingtao, and the two exchanged greetings. After a few words, Xia Jinxian heard Han Chu's name.

After a while, the people walking in front saw that Xia Jinxian and Wu Tingtao were missing.

The deputy director of the Investment Committee came back to look for someone and saw Wu Tingtao talking to a man.

When Wu Tingtao saw the deputy director, he introduced him, "This is Director Xu of the Policy Department of the State Investment Commission. He is also very familiar with the leaders of the city's investment commission. He used to be Mayor Shao's office director and he is very capable." , it will be good for you to get to know him in the future."

The deputy director of the Investment Committee immediately came up to shake hands with Xu Yanqing and took out his business card and handed it over.

After so many years, Xu Yanqing still looks so cold to outsiders.

Just like the day they first met, he had a pretty face, but he didn't seem to be able to smile.

He glanced at Xia Jinxian who was accompanying them, took the business card, and then said a few lukewarm words.

Xia Jinxian followed Wu Tingtao and left. Before leaving, she turned around and took a look, only to find that Xu Yanqing was standing by Shifang's window looking at her.

This glance made both of them tremble, but they each pretended to be as if nothing had happened.

Wu Tingtao told the deputy director of the Investment Committee who came to look for him that he and Xia Jinxian wanted to reconnect with each other.

The director finally realized what was going on and could only say that he would go shopping again.

Wu Tingtao took Xia Jinxian to a teahouse where there was his exclusive VIP room, and Xia Jinxian followed him in.

The two sat across from each other. Wu Tingtao asked the tea master to serve the best tea, and he personally made tea for Xia Jinxian.

Xia Jinxian looked at the tea cup and said apologetically, "I'm really not good at tea ceremony and I don't have any skills. I'm afraid that I'll spoil your good tea, so I can only trouble President Wu to make tea for me. I'm ashamed."

Wu Tingtao smiled and said Everyone around him went out. Xia Jinxian drank tea and hid her nervousness.

Wu Tingtao said frankly, "Don't be afraid, I have no thoughts about you."

Xia Jinxian was a little embarrassed when her thoughts were seen through.

Wu Tingtao took the topic naturally and asked her how old she was, where her home was, and how her parents were doing.

Xia Jinxian said that she grew up in this city. Her mother is from Yuhang and her father is from Suzhou.

Speaking of her father, she only said that he is doing well now. When she mentioned that her mother had passed away, Wu Tingtao let out a sigh.

Xia Jinxian looked at him, waiting for his next words.

Wu Tingtao brought her more tea. He took off his suit, loosened his tie, and rolled up his sleeves, looking very attentive.

I think he was handsome when he was young, but now he seems to be a very elegant and elegant man.

If my mother had really loved such a man, how could an ordinary man like her father be in her eyes?

Just like I loved Xu Yanqing once, it's still hard to let go of seeing her again today.

How could she be willing to make do with those like Mr. Wang?

Xia Jinxian brought a tea cup and drank tea, but the heat of the tea made her eyes sore.

Wu Tingtao asked her, "Miss Xia, may I ask, is your mother's surname Liao?"

Xia Jinxian shook her head and said, "My mother's surname is Zhu."

Wu Tingtao was stunned when he heard this.

He was silent for a long time, and in the end it seemed that he did not dare to ask, but was unwilling not to ask. He wiped his face and asked her, "Is your name Zhu Hongmei?"

Xia Jinxian nodded and said, "Yes."

Wu Tingtao twitched the corner of his mouth, but Unable to laugh, he said, "No wonder, you look just like her."

The aunt also kept saying that she looked like her mother, but her mother had been depressed and haggard since then, and she actually looked nothing like herself now.

But she has indeed never seen her mother's youth.

Xia Jinxian asked, "President Wu knew my mother? I do have photos of my mother when she was young, but not many."

After her mother passed away, she took photos of her mother's few photos and stored them in her mobile phone.

Wu Tingtao asked, "Can you show it to me?"

Xia Jinxian nodded, took out her mobile phone, opened the folder with her mother's photos, and handed it to Wu Tingtao.

Wu Tingtao looked through each one over and over again.

Suddenly, he sighed, and there were tears in the corners of his eyes that already had crow's feet.

He handed back the phone, his hands seemed to be shaking. He concealed his emotions by pouring tea. Finally, he couldn't hold it back anymore and said to her, "No wonder I couldn't find her after searching for so long. It

turns out she changed her last name."

At this point, Wu Tingtao couldn't talk any more.

This barrister, who is so famous in the legal profession, can even choke up.

Xia Jinxian sat opposite him, unable to comfort him with a word.

She suddenly understood why her mother had her grandmother's surname. It turned out to be to avoid him.

Wu Tingtao calmed down, Xia Jinxian handed over the paper, Wu Tingtao waved his hand and wiped the corners of his eyes with his fingers.

After making tea again, Wu Tingtao asked her, "She..." However, after a long time, until the water in the kettle boiled again, he could not say anything.

Xia Jinxian was suddenly able to understand his mood at the moment. Just like when she saw Xu Yanqing just now, she had so much to say and so many questions to ask, but she also had so many hesitations. In the end, she didn't know what to say. .

Wu Tingtao finally asked her calmly, "Does Hongmei have any last words for me?"

Xia Jinxian shook her head and said, "No, but my mother has a diary."

There is no need to explain clearly what was recorded in it.

Wu Tingtao asked, "Can you show me that diary?"

Xia Jinxian nodded and said, "I will bring it to you next time we have a chance to meet."

Wu Tingtao continued to pour tea for her and asked her naggingly. Mother's last moments.

Xia Jinxian said choosingly.

But how could this barrister, who had an insight into the world, not guess the cause and effect?

He asked, "Is it your father who refuses to treat Hongmei?"

Xia Jinxian paused slightly and said, "No."

Wu Tingtao smiled and said to her, "Xiao Xia, you don't know how to lie. When you lie, It's better to look into my eyes."

Xia Jinxian couldn't defend her father, and she confessed, "Indeed, my father refused."

Wu Tingtao let out another long sigh.

At the end of the question, he finally couldn't listen anymore, and Xia Jinxian thought of her mother's early death and the longing she had suppressed over the years. She couldn't bear it anymore and shed a string of tears in front of this strange man.

Her mother supported her elopement with Xu Yanqing.

On the wedding day to her ex-husband, her mother opened the door and came in, hugging her and saying, "Xiao Xian, if you really don't want to, we won't get married."

At that time, she hugged her mother and cried loudly, with the makeup artist standing by. They were all stunned.

And she thought that marriage would be the end of all pain, but who knew that escaping was just the beginning of the next eight years of hidden pain.

That day, my mother didn't even smile the whole time.

Because his mother felt sorry for him, he followed in her footsteps.

This is really a sad story of separation between heaven and man.

His mother never forgot Wu Tingtao until she died, but as for him, he had three ex-wives.

Xia Jinxian doesn't know, can a man be affectionate and affectionate at the same time?

Wu Tingtao handed Xia Jinxian a piece of paper and said while watching her wipe her tears, "Xiao Xia, I have several houses in Shanghai. You can go and have a look later. If you like it, can I give you one?"

Xia Jinxian was stunned. Looking at him and asking, "Why?"

Wu Tingtao's expression at this moment was really dumbfounding. He is a successful person, but he is as fragile as a child.

He scratched his head and said, "If I can't give it to her, I can give it to you too. Do you know that I have been looking for her for half my life, but...but I never thought that I would never see her again in this life. "

This topic is a bit heavy.

After both of them calmed down a bit, Xia Jinxian felt a little pity for Wu Tingtao.

So I picked some things that were relatively happy when my mother was alive and talked about them with Wu Tingtao.

Wu Tingtao listened carefully, as if he was a young man trying to find out about the girl he had a crush on.

This look made Xia Jinxian feel a little pitiful.

When Xia Jinxian finished speaking, Wu Tingtao just sighed and asked, "Xiao Xia, do you know that you look like your mother when she was young?"

Xia Jinxian said, "I know, my aunt, my mother's sister, keeps saying this, But there are not many photos of my mother when she was young, so I'm not sure."

Wu Tingtao took out his wallet and opened it. In the photo folder, there was a black and white photo. The woman in it was gentle and charming, smiling like a warm spring breeze.

Xia Jinxian knew that it was her mother, but she had never seen such a confident and brilliant mother before.

Wu Tingtao collected his wallet, and Xia Jinxian suddenly understood why he had been married and divorced so many times. It was probably because he once loved someone, so if he lost it, it didn't matter who he would spend the rest of his life with, right?

She asked Wu Tingtao, "Do you regret it?"

Wu Tingtao said, "I don't know, I'm fine now. I've been looking for her, and I'm afraid of finding her. The two of us have been separated for so long. It was always painful to break up, but you What will happen if I find her? I don't know. I hope she is doing well, but if she really forgets me, I will feel unwilling to do so. But now that you say this, I don't know. It's sad, people are greedy sometimes."

At this point, he poured out the tea in the tea cup, replaced it with a new tea pot, washed the tea set, and brewed another pot.

Xia Jinxian looked up at the calligraphy and paintings hanging in the tea room here. Two of them were inscriptions.

One is by Nalan Rongruo, "If life is just like the first time we met, why is the autumn wind so sad and painted on the fan?"

The other painting is by Bai Juyi, "I am very forgetful in old age, but I never forget my lovesickness."

After hearing about Zhu Hongmei's past, Wu Tingtao asked about Xia Jinxian's career and marriage.

When he learned that she was divorced, he asked, "Our junior high school is pretty good. Do you want to introduce me to you?

" So he

quickly waved his hand and said, "No, I'm fine now."

Wu Tingtao said, "Come and see me often in the future. I've always wanted a daughter."

sentence.

Wu Tingtao felt that Xia Jinxian was a good character and worthy of being Zhu Hongmei's daughter.

He was actually very busy with official duties, but talking to Xia Jinxian seemed to be a very important matter.

The two chatted for more than half an hour, and the tea was getting weak.

Xia Jinxian consciously prepared to leave. Before leaving, Wu Tingtao said to Xia Jinxian, "Xia Xia, if you need anything in the future, feel free to come to me. I will do my best for you."

Xia Jinxian smiled softly and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine now . "If you don't dislike me for being so high-spirited, will you allow me to come and pay you New Year's greetings every year?"

Wu Tingtao said, "Welcome."

He helped Xia Jinxian open the door. When he looked up, he saw someone outside, and he raised his hand to greet her. People say hello.

Xia Jinxian turned around with a smile, then stopped smiling.

Xu Yanqing was standing there, obviously hearing their conversation just now.

Xia Jinxian tucked Liu Hai behind his ears, looked at the noble people around him, then said goodbye to Wu Tingtao, turned around and left.